Waaazzzzzaaaaapppp?? …sorry, I’ve been watching the movie “That’s My Boy” with Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg repeatedly. It’s pretty much my new favorite movie. I know what you’re thinking (if you haven’t seen it) – Adam Sandler movies blow. Yes, you are right, but this one… my god. I haven’t laughed so hard / so much at a movie in a while. If you haven’t seen it and you want some entertainment, watch it. Don’t think about it. Watch it.
So, it’s been a day or two since I’ve posted I see. I’ve been workin’ the wind farm as usual, trying to get enough sleep and possibly have a little bit of a life. Tonight is my first night off since last Friday, and I almost had to go in as someone called in sick. Thankfully someone agreed to cover the shift! Phew; I’ve slept maybe 4 hours today, so pulling a 9pm-5am shift on that would have sucked… I’ve done way worse, but still. I already had my slippers on when the sick call came in! You can’t go from slipper mode to work mode. No thank you.
Today marks day 9 of following DH Kiefer’s CarbNite Solution program for fat loss. I ponied up for the ebook (only $19.99) after trying to wing it on limited info that I had gathered from the web and botching it completely, haha! Sometimes you just need to pay for shit. I must say I’m feeling amazing and I’m pretty damn excited to have my first CarbNite tomorrow! The progam involves periods of ultra low carb eating followed by a ‘CarbNite’ where you eat lots of carby goodness. I’m thinking I’ll have some fettuccine alfredo with garlic bread for dinner, and bake a skillet cookie for dessert. Serve that bitch up with some ice cream.
I obviously can’t make any sort of comment about this whole CarbNite deal yet, as I’m just starting into the program, but I will keep the blog updated about it as I progress. Low carb eating doesn’t bother me at all as I’m pretty creative in the kitchen, and I adore eating rich, satiating foods. The fact that you break up this low carb eating with one day per week (after a slightly longer ‘reboot’ period) of eating all the delicious, sweet, starchy carbs you’ve been craving sounds badass to me! Sweet things are my downfall… if I deprive myself of those type of foods for too long, I eventually binge on them and end up hating myself. So, for me, this plan seems ideal. We shall see!
As I type this blog, Hemi is laying in front of the fireplace (as she has been for HOURS!) and Bren is playing Need For Speed: Most Wanted which he picked up today. I napped from 5:30am to about 10am after work this morning, then packed up all my stuff from my parent’s place and came home. I spent another couple hours snuggled up in bed with Bren before he had to head out for work. When I finally got moving this afternoon, I cleaned the house a tiny bit and bathed Hemi. To accomplish that, I just brought her in the shower with me and washed her that way. That may sound totally weird, but washing her and trying to stay dry? HA! Not happening. She’s a champ and will just sit in the shower while I shampoo and rinse her. She also adores being blow dried after, which is hilarious.
Well, there’s not much else to report from me at the moment I suppose. I may go with Bren tonight on a trucking adventure to London. Corn has to go to Casco where it’s made in to corn sweeteners and starch. Sure it’s not the most exciting thing in the world, but any time I get to spend with my husband is precious to me. <3
Cheers,
~Mere
I got lots of new hardhat stickers this week.
My best work buddy paid me a visit too!
Just some tiny potholes on my patrol route.
A kind soul at work gave me a turbine decal!
How can you get mad at low carb food?!
Hemi is a permanent fixture here.
Mr. Kiefer sounds like a quack to me. It appears he is exaggerating his education, which is completely unrelated to nutrition anyway. That’s why you’ll find a nice disclaimer at the beginning of the book stating that it’s not medical advice. He also tries to make it sound as if there’s science behind his claims, but I think you’ll find he doesn’t have a single peer reviewed article to his name. I’d take anything he claims with a large grain of salt.
Kiefer’s method isn’t really new. Carb cycling has been a part of fitness training for a long time… I did a form of carb cycling for the final few weeks of my contest prep. Schwarzenegger used carb backloading when he was a competitive bodybuilder. Kiefer has just tweaked the information and presented it in his own way. I first noticed a few powerlifters on my Twitter mentioning their use of backloading (which is slightly different than CarbNite) and experiencing good results.
I’m always game to try a new method of eating, but as I said I cannot say anything good or bad about it yet… He could be totally full of shit, but I did browse the forums re: CarbNite / backloading before buying the book to see what people had to say. I guess we’ll see how I look and feel following this method.